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U.N. forms investigative body to find 130,000 missing in Syria's civil war

  • Umm Mohammed's husband went missing in 2013 after being taken away by Syrian soldiers during anti-government protests.
  • The newly created U.N. institution will collect information from families, civil society groups, U.N. agencies, and the Syrian government to search for the missing.
  • The resolution gives three months for U.N. officials to set up the institution's structure and start recruiting staff.
  • More than 130,000 people are believed to have gone missing in Syria since the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad.
  • Setting up an international body for investigating the missing in Syria could set a precedent for addressing similar issues in other parts of the world.
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